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Crime and Justice

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1936

ISSN2153-0416

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.374

H-Indexi

119

Total Worksi

648

Total Citationsi

52,359

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1936

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications648

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2153-0416

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

518

2019

464

2020

264

2021

180

2022

177

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crime Patterns and InterventionsCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernancePsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesHomelessness and Social IssuesCriminal Law and EvidenceSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesGun Ownership and Violence ResearchCrime, Deviance, and Social Control

Frequently asked questions about Crime and Justice

Is Crime and Justice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Crime and Justice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Crime and Justice?

Crime and Justice is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.81.

Is Crime and Justice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Crime and Justice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Crime and Justice?